power to the people

The oil companies and the power elite are very good at protecting their special interests, but we know that there is potential power in numbers.

The only way this could possibly have any impact would be if it were a massive boycott, which means we would all have to be willing to really spread the word, and take action in very large numbers.

This is obviously not a magic bullet and we know this boycott doesn't even begin to address the larger issues. We all know that we clearly need to be moving away from dependence on oil, across the board. But it is feasible that such a boycott, if implemented in huge enough numbers, (and it would take a lot of us) could actually make an impact.

So, walk, ride your bike, start moving away from depending on your car and gasoline. Get a hybrid car, or one that runs on biodiesel or ethanol.

Meanwhile, even if you are completely cynical as to the power of this action to even remotely affect change and influence market prices, even if you find the suggestion of this boycott naive and simplistic, whenever you do put gas in your tank, make sure it's not
from exxon or mobil.

Not that hard to do.

And it can't hurt.

I'm following the comments on Christiana's blog. Someone has said, for example, that the profits from the sale of Citgo gasoline go directly to the people of Venezuela.  Let's look into this stuff, and continue to work toward being highly-informed consumers and highly-empowered citizens.